Valve or valve fitting



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fw 1g having a huid chamber I4 and a passage I5 lead.

Patented July 2, l

irriteren stares attain narrar VALVE R VALVE FITTNG John S. Forbes, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Ewald li. Kimm, Dayton, Ohio., assignors to Kewtest Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania l Appliation January 9, 1934, serial No'. '105,916

4 Claims.

for pressure readings to be readily i, connectedv thereto, and/or a device for charging and exhausting or purging portions of the refrigerating apparatus in a simple and efcientmanner.

Due to lack of space and the construction of refrigerating apparatus in which this type of ntting is employed, access to the tting when it is necessary to attach devices forcharging, measuring the pressure of the uid, etc., has been the source o f considerable trouble. One of theprime objects of the present invention is the provision of a tting very small in structure and of such configuration that it is accessible and may be employed at desired 'points in the apparatus where it was heretofore impossible to position .such nttings, and permit access. v

In the accompanying drawing," which illustrates an application of our invention: f

Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic top plan of portions of the refrigerating apparatus, showing our invention associated therewith;

Fig. 2, a side elevational view of a fitting embodying the invention;

Fig. 3, a vertical sectional view taken on line lll-III of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4, a vertical sectional view taken on line lV-IV of Fig. 3.

Referring to the diagrammatic view of Fig.Y l, 5 designates a motor or compressor of a refrigerat-v ing apparatus, 6 a fan or pulley disposed a slight `distance from the compressor, and I a condensing unit of the refrigerating apparatus.l

As illustrated and as preferred, our improved valve or valve fitting includes a casing or housing I0 having therein a valve chamber II `and an auxiliary chamber I2; and a separable plug I3 ing from the said uid chamber I4. The plug I 3 is also formed with a valve seat 9 located between the chambers Ie and lI and I6 designates a valve seat disposed hetgeen the chamber II and the auxiliary chamber i2.

A double shut-off valve Il having seat-engaging faces c and la is operable in chamber I I, said valve beingl manipulated therein to effect a seating on either of the seats 9 and I6, and to eect an intermediate position between the two seats by the stem I8 and the cooperating threaded por- 'tions I9 and znzof the casing bodyand the stem, respectively. i

The casing is preferably formed with a centrally disposed vertically extending hollow boss 2.I externally threaded at 22 and internally threaded at 23. 24 designates suitable packing and 25 a follower,both located in the hollow boss 2I, the follower being formed with threads 2S' designed for cooperation with the threads 23. Re-k movably secured to the bossy 2i is a cap 2.

As shown, the body 28 of the fitting is circular andis formed with a laterally extending projec tion or lelement 29- havingportions vprojecting from opposite sides of the longitudinal axis` of the body. Formed in said-projection 23 are4 through openings, 3G, through which attaching means may be passed for securing the iitting in the desired operative position; for example, to the compressor 5.-

In addition to said openings 3u, a circular recess or port 3l is formed inwardly ofthe outer surface of a at face 32 lof element 29, thus dispensing with any projecting elements on the at face 32, and permitting'the fitting to be connected to the compressor in close contact therewith and with port recess 3| in register with a port 33 of the compressor. The said ports 3| and 33 are, when the iitting is positioned,.in communication with the valve chamber II by an inwardly extending inclined fluid passage 34,' the latter being partly formed in the element 23 and partly in the body 28. v

A' characteristic -and important'feature of our invention resides in'the provision of means for the ready attachment of devices for determining the pressure of the fluid in the refrigerating sy'stem and/or charging and exhausting the fluid,V

o'f Vsuch construction and arrangement on the tting that the fitting may be positioned relatively to -the refrigerating apparatus in a comparatively small space and readily accessible for manipulation.

These means, as illustrated, include one or more internally threaded hollow bosses 35, two being shown, either of .which is adapted to receive a connecting member for the pressure gage device, etc., not,shown as well as a plug 36 or a T 31.. These v bossesextend outwardly from the body and the laterally projecting element 29 ina direction i'nclined thereto and inclined to the longitudinal axis of the tting, and .the interior-of each is in communication with the auxiliary chamber I2 by means of a uid passage or duct 3B.

Attention is called to the fact that these passages 33 -are each situated in a vertical plane, indicated by y-y (see Fig. 3) at substantially right langles with the vertical p lane :IJ-:l: (see Fig. 4) in which the passage 34 leading into the valve chamber is located. Further, that the said passages 38 are disposed in a plane substantially parallel with the plane of the flat contacting i'ace` 32 of the element 29.

In operation, it will be understood that when the valve is in contact with seat I6 disposed between the valve chamber proper and the auxiliary chamber, uid under pressure passes from the compressor through recessed port 3| and inclined passage 34 to the valve chamber and fromvalve from the position of Fig. 3 to a point intermediate the two seats, thus permitting a passage of some iiuid from the valve chamber to the auxiliary chamber, and from thence to the gage vdevice by Way of one inclined passage' 38. After the pressure reading is accomplished, the valve is moved into contact with the seat between the valve chamber and theauxiliary chamber.

If it is desired to charge the apparatus with fluid, a iiuid charging device is connected up with the tting in substantially the same manner as the gaging device was connected, and the valve moved to an intermediate position, asin the op-" eration of reading. It will be apparent that the circulation in the system may be cut oi by movving the valve into the position shown by Fig. 4.

We claim: l 1. A valve iltting including a casing having a laterally 'extending attaching element thereon I projecting from opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of the casing having a flat contacting face with a fluid port therein, a; valve chamber, an auxiliary chamber, and a third chamber therein having a fluid lpassage therefrom, a plurality of inclined bosses on the casing', a valve seat between the valve chamber and the auxiliary chamber, a valve seat between the valve chamber and lthe third chamber, a valve operable to engageV the seats, means for moving the valve for engaging the seats and to a position intermediate the seats, a fluid passage leading from said iluid port to thevalve chamber, and an inclined iluid passage leading from each boss into the auxiliary chamber, said last mentioned passages being in a plane substantially parallel with the contacting .face of the attaching element.

2. A valve fitting including` a casing having a termediate the seatsya iluid passage leading from said iiuid port to the valve chamber, andan inclined iiuid passage leading from each boss into ing in a plane substantially parallel with theplane of the contacting face of the attaching element.

3. A valve tting including a casing having attaching means thereon including a laterally projecting element having a flat contact face projecting -irom opposite sides of they longitudinal axis of the casing, a plurality of inclined bosses, a valve chamber, an auxiliary chamber, and a separable plug having a chamber therein and a fluid passage therefrom, a valve seat between the valve chamber and the auxiliary chamber, a valve seat on the plug disposed between the valve chamber and the chamber of the plug, a valve operable to engage the said seats, means for'moving` the valve'for engaging the seats and to position intermediate the seats, said casing having a fluid inlet port and an inclined fluid passage leading ,from the port to the valve chamber, and an inclined fluid passage leading from each boss to the auxiliary chamber, said last mentioned passages being disposed in a plane parallel to the Y plane of the ilat contacting face.

4. A valve itting including a casing havingaI laterally extending attaching element thereon projecting from opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of the casing having a at contacting face with a fluid port therein, a valve. chamber, an auxiliary chamber, a separable plug formed with .a valve seat and provided with a passage extending therethrough, an inclined projecting boss on the casing, a valve seat between the valve the auxiliary chamber, said inclined passagesbechamber andthe auxiliary chamber, a'valve opv erable to engage the seat between said chambers.

and the seat on the plug, means for moving/ the valve for engaging the seats and to a position in'- termedlate the seats, a uid passage leading into the valve chamber,- and an inclined fluid passage leading from the bossinto the auxiliary chamber, said inclined fluid passage being disposed in fa plane parallel with the plane-ot the contacting tace of the attaching element. Y

' v JOHN S. FORBES.-

`EWALD J. KIMIM.

esaurienti or comcrlon.

Patent No. 2, 006, 712.l Y July 2, 1935;l

JoHN s. FORBES; ET AL'. l

N lt is hereby certified that the name of the assignee inthe above numbered patent "was erroneously written and printed as "Kewtcst Manufacturing Company" whereas said name should have. been written and printedas Kerotest Manufacturing Company, as shown by the records of assignments in this office; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correctionltherein that the same'may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 13th day vof August, A. D. 1935.

Leslie Frazer (Seal) Acting'ommisaioner of Patents 

